Snowman the man! re "Probstein F'd me....."

[55koufax]

He's not trying to scam you. Just email him. He will fix it. I guarantee it. His email is: rickprobstein1@gmail.com

Thank you Snowman. Your guarantee was spot on!

This email worked and Rick actually answered yesterday.
He asked for a day to look into which he was granted. He requested eBay provide a refund, which is terrific. I confirmed this with eBay and because it is North of $1,000 they need 24-48 hours to review it. That said, they confirmed it will be refunded.

Exhausted for sure. Spent hours and hours trying to communicate to Probstein and eBay. N 54 and member Snowman came thru. I thank Leon and the community as well. Nice to know there is support here from all of us nerdy collectors...we don't ever like anybody getting scammed or screwed.

Lastly, always beware of eBay and their total lack of understanding and support. They are not a well run company IMO.

[LEHR]

Good to hear everything worked out for you.

[Carter08]

Awesome! Only sad thing is what happened to the card itself. A friend had an issue with a Jackie 48 that never arrived. Buyer and seller both worked it out thankfully but sad to think a card might be lost for good.

[egri]

Glad to hear this is being resolved.

[mrreality68]

Wow love a happy ending

Snowman comes thru. Thanks for helping a fellow board member.

And the Email and communication comes thru

[egbeachley]

If possible, drop a scan of the card into this thread in case it shows up some day and you (or Probstein) can prove ownership.

[philliesfan]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Wow love a happy ending

Snowman comes thru. Thanks for helping a fellow board member.

And the Email and communication comes thru

So does Robert Kraft

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by 55koufax

Lastly, always beware of eBay and their total lack of understanding and support. They are not a well run company IMO.

You pays your monies and you takes your chances. Caveat Emptor.

eBay is always a risk. Buying and selling.

Glad this was a happy ending.

[55koufax]

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[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by 55koufax

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Jumpin' Jehoshaphats! Glad that it worked out, but dang...a mint 1979 Reggie goes for over $1000? I spent all of 2 cents on my copy. I should dig mine out and see if it is centered and still in perfect minty fresh condition like the one you tried to purchase!

Brian

[Snapolit1]

Probstein is a bit of an enigma to be sure, and his communication sucks at times, but if he was half the crook people on this board make him out to be it's sort of unlikely he would have 383 MILLION in eBay sales. Just sayin.

He is what he is. If you don't like it plenty of other places to go shopping.

[Fred]

That's awesome. It's so good to see the walls aren't totally crumbling down in the hobby.

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Jumpin' Jehoshaphats! Glad that it worked out, but dang...a mint 1979 Reggie goes for over $1000? I spent all of 2 cents on my copy. I should dig mine out and see if it is centered and still in perfect minty fresh condition like the one you tried to purchase!

Brian

Brian,

If you have a centered copy it would be so much better than this diamond cut (I exaggerate a bit but its there) $5 version of a PSA 10. This card could be in a PSA 8 holder and you'd be at a show going......awwww, what's a little diamond in the rough, here's my $20 and you'd second guess yourself that night! lol Honestly, PSA 8, PSA 9, PSA 10.......spin that wheel!

Wow!

Mike

[Snowman]

Glad to see things worked out. eBay's messaging system is the worst messaging system I've ever encountered online. It's ridiculously buggy. If the seller uses email, that's often a better way to communicate.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Jumpin' Jehoshaphats! Glad that it worked out, but dang...a mint 1979 Reggie goes for over $1000? I spent all of 2 cents on my copy. I should dig mine out and see if it is centered and still in perfect minty fresh condition like the one you tried to purchase!

Brian

I have one of those also. I don't have much junk wax, but I inherited some 1970s-80s-90s from 2 of my nephews. This Reggie, a Stadium Club Jeter, and some others are in there.

And yes, Snowman is a pretty decent fellow for truly helping a brother out.

[jingram058]

Okay, here I go with another dumb question:

Why does a slabbed 1979 Topps Reggie Jackson #700 sell for $1000 and others for even more, and unslabbed / raw, same card, same condition can be bought right now for $2 or $3? WTF? What am I missing here?

[Popcorn]

Originally Posted by 55koufax

Thank you Snowman. Your guarantee was spot on!

This email worked and Rick actually answered yesterday.
He asked for a day to look into which he was granted. He requested eBay provide a refund, which is terrific. I confirmed this with eBay and because it is North of $1,000 they need 24-48 hours to review it. That said, they confirmed it will be refunded.

Exhausted for sure. Spent hours and hours trying to communicate to Probstein and eBay. N 54 and member Snowman came thru. I thank Leon and the community as well. Nice to know there is support here from all of us nerdy collectors...we don't ever like anybody getting scammed or screwed.

Lastly, always beware of eBay and their total lack of understanding and support. They are not a well run company IMO.

Good to hear, Rick is a good dude and his staff is probably overwhelmed with PWCC leaving eBay. With that volume mistakes are bound to happen.

[uniship]

It only took weeks of ghosting from Rick and then a public online flogging to garner a response. Nicely done Rick - you’re a true pro.

[Casey2296]

"What it does mean, is eBay is either protecting their biggest sports card client (now that PWCC was given the boot) or they have a loophole. I will be taking advantage of this loophole to recapture my $1,100. I (or you, or anyone) can just sell multiple items to a single buyer on eBay. Short pack a USPS Priority Flat Rate box intentionally, and require a signature. Then just ignore any/all communication from the outraged buyer, then ignore eBay communication for the one week period and be done with it."

Still planning to be that guy?

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

"What it does mean, is eBay is either protecting their biggest sports card client (now that PWCC was given the boot) or they have a loophole. I will be taking advantage of this loophole to recapture my $1,100. I (or you, or anyone) can just sell multiple items to a single buyer on eBay. Short pack a USPS Priority Flat Rate box intentionally, and require a signature. Then just ignore any/all communication from the outraged buyer, then ignore eBay communication for the one week period and be done with it."

Still planning to be that guy?

I agree Phil. The OP (thought) he got screwed. So the response is to screw the next guy to make himself whole? Someone else’s eye for an eye….. now thems interesting (non)ethics.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

"What it does mean, is eBay is either protecting their biggest sports card client (now that PWCC was given the boot) or they have a loophole. I will be taking advantage of this loophole to recapture my $1,100. I (or you, or anyone) can just sell multiple items to a single buyer on eBay. Short pack a USPS Priority Flat Rate box intentionally, and require a signature. Then just ignore any/all communication from the outraged buyer, then ignore eBay communication for the one week period and be done with it."

Still planning to be that guy?

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

I agree Phil. The OP (thought) he got screwed. So the response is to screw the next guy to make himself whole? Someone else’s eye for an eye….. now thems interesting (non)ethics.

I read that part as the OP being sarcastic not that he was really going to do it.

I do wonder if he would purchase from Problemstien again.